Tractor



Dec. 29, 1942. K, RAB; 2,306,902

TRACTOR Filed May 1, 1940 2 sheets-sheet 1 Dec. 29, 1942, v` K, MBEv 2,306,902

rTRACTOR Filed May l, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 |fll f//P y/ A ENEYS Plissee use. ze, i942- UNiTaD STATES PATENT ori-ics :man 'moron .isriaasesiattsart Alienrrc Gernanylvesteuiathe M in 'muawumamms mlaniaymsaim se (alert-m 'rms invention relaas is a' mem. ma more* particularly to one whichis adaptable for the drive of special soil-working apparatus.

-ily converted for use at extremely slow speedsl with special soil-working apparatus, such as a rotary cultivator. I

vStillanother object oi this invention is the provision or an arrangement whereby a tractor inaybeeonverted trom-its usual usesto special usesrequirine a special drive, merely bythe removal'pot the reduction searing and the addition of a supplemental ton in place thereof.

A further object or this invention is the provision of a simplified ent for driving a rotary-.cultivator from the transmission 4of a tractor, with means for simultaneously reducins v the tractor speed during the operation of th A more speciiic object of this invention lies in the provision oi a supplemental unit including a' rotarysgcultivator. itsl drive and control,` and a supplemental chance-speed gearing, which may li a reduction gearlnz, generally indicated cnanenlarsedscaleotthetransmissionprovided torthetractorillustratedinl'ig.2:

i5 is' a partial plan view, partially `broken am. along the line V-V of Fis. 4. illustrating 5 the arrangement ofthe supplemental transmissionandcultivator drive;

'is an enlarged vertical cross-sectional view through vthe control for the driving mechanism o! the cultivator:

1 9 'i is a run view or s demie: ine control illustratedinpiz;v

s is a pian view, similar torio. s. illus-r' a modication or an interlock control between the cultivator drive and its'raising and l5 lowering mechanism; and

9 is an enlarzed horizontal cross-sectional view along the line lX-IX of Fig.,8 illustratinz a -dctail of the interlock control m 1 'lh'e tractor illustrated in Fis. 1, is provided 2 0 with a more or less usual n, generindicated at i, and a more or lessusual axle drive. generally indicated at 2. Access to gearing( is provided by a removable cover L 'and the drive between the on I and axle drive 2 ispreierably brouaht about at 4. while thedeiaiis estais construction will .dcrlbed hereinaitenitis sumcient 'to say or.. thepreeent that vby means or this drive, the

be simply and quicny added zo s tractor in piace 0: tractor mar be driven at sneed which will be of its "usual lreduction gear, said supplemental change-speed :carine providing a drive to the cultivator and simultaneously permitting' a lowerin: in the drivin! speed oi the tractor as comparedfwith the lower speed possible by its usual v Fis. l is aside view of a tractor formed in accordance with this invention. with one o! the drivin: wheels removed showing the transmistractor:

Pill. 2 is a side view, similar to Fis. 1, illustratins the same tractor as used with a supplemental transmission and drive for a rotary cultivator:

3 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view on an enlarged scale of the transmission provided in the tractor illustrated inFis. l:

'necessary for its usual requirements. In other words, through this type of drive, the tractor 35 `p oiition of the tn', the tractor will hive a speed of approximately 4 kilometers an hour. which is proper for most ordinary farm such as plowing. "#Ir, however, it is desired to use the tractor 4o with -certain special farm apparatus, such, for

eitample, as a rotary cultivator, the tractor must be driven at a much lower speed. In accordance with this invention. such a transposition can readily be brought about as will be seen by the um ent normally l mr driving me form c! invention illustrated in Fig. 2, which is identical-with that illustrated in Fis. l, except that instead oi' the cover i and reduction gearing 4, there is now added in its place a cover I" containing a two-stage supplemental trans- 50 mission generally indicated ali-5, the Shifting 4 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view 55 erallyindicated at l, and provided with rotary cultivator blade I. The cultivato apparatus may be of any known construction, and in itself forms no part of the present invention.

Control of the crank i of the supplemental transmission l may be effected through a link i! and a hand crank l2. The supplemental transmission l is preferably desianed so that for the lowest speed of the transmission I, the top speed of the supplemental transmission will give a drive of approximately 4 kilometers an hour. corresponding to the reduction gear in the original drive, while the lowest step of the supplemental on will give a driving speed of approximately 1 kilometer an hour. corresponding to the driving speed necessary for use with soilworking apparatus such as the rotary cultilviator 1.

I The details ot the drive of the tractor illustrated in Fig. l, are illustrated in Fig. 3.' As can there be seen, the reduction gearing interconnecting the n l with the axle drive v2lrotatablymounitecionasinooth 2 preferably consists of a pinion il, driven by the transmission I. and meshing in turn with a gea'r wheel ilV The latter rotates a drive pinion It meshing with the bevel'gears or vgear Il of the axle drive. The drive pinion il is preferably iormed on the end of a small shaft Il to l which the gear wheel I l is keyed, as indicated.

The shaft il may be supportedby bearings il and 2l, the former mounted in the cover 3 and the latter in a wail 2i of the transmission housing 22.- The bearing is preferably held in place by suitable means such as the removable radially sprung sheet steel rings 23 and 24, while the bearing it is held in place against an abutment formed in the cover l by means of the threaded nut Il. accessible through a removable closure member 2l.

It will be noted from a study of Fig. 3, that since the transmission I and the axle drive 2 are both'positioned upon the same side of the reduction gearing 4. this construction readily adapts itself to the substitution of an additional sup plement'al transmission in place of the reduction gearing I, without disturbing the major parts of the original transmission. Thus, in order to pre pare the drive shown in Fig. 3 for the supplemental drive illustrated in F18. 4. only the following steps are necessary. First, the covering plate Il is removed and the n ut 25 positioned thereunder unscrewed. Upon' removal of the means (not shown) holding the covering l to the transmission housing 22, this covering may then be removed. With the covering l removed, the drive as a whole is now accessible and the keyed gear wheel i5 may be slid from the shaft il. Upon the further removal of the ring 2l, the shaft it together with the drive pinion il and the bearing 2l may then be taken out. The tractor is then ready for the addition of the supplemental transmission illustrated in Fig. 4.

'I'he nrst step in adding the supplemental transmission is to insert a new shaft Il' formed on its end with a drive pinion Il'. The shaft Il is provided with a bearing Il, which may be the same bearing as was removed previously. and this bearing is seated in the same recess in the transmission housing wall 2i. and again held in place by the re-insertion of the ring 2|. A double gear is then slid over the shaft il' to a smooth portion next to the bearing la. The double gear consists oi a large gear it', similar to the reduction gear i5, and an integral smaller gear l1. As contrasted with the gear wheel i5. the double gearI is rotatable upon its shaft and not keyed 7l thereto. Aooupling member the keyed Portion 0f Il'. double gear, and after this 'a'lnall #S giri theahaft. Nowthelubatitute transmission I ablythesame means (notshcwn) toattachtheoriginalcoveringl l' contains aeontrol fork'lIO- oractua couplingmemberllnndplvotally alhaftltowhiehisattaehed above lnoonnection. A gear. so mounted sito 8. the cover l' provided with the bearing Il, the nut Il. and the small closure member 2l for supporting the far endo! the shaft il'. i

A study-of the construction illustrafcdin Fig. 4. will indicate that when the control memberl Il is moved toward the left for engagement with the double gear. power will be transmitted from the transmission i through the pinion il, reduction gear Il', through the integral small gear 21 and the keyed coupling member Il to the shaft Il and the drive pinion il', with the same transmission ratio as provided in the original replaced construction. However. when the coupling member Il is moved toward the right for engagement v shaft Il' is reduced approximately to V4 as com' pared to the drive through the reduction gear Il' alone. Thus. for example, if the speed oi' the tractor when the coupling member 2l is moved toward the lett is 4 kilometers an hour, as predetermined by the position of the original transmission i, when the coupling member Il is moved toward the right. the speed of the tractor will then be approximately 1 kilometer an hour.

Fig. 5 illustrates the general relationship between the cultivator 'apparatus 'I and the manner in which the rotary cultivator is driven from the supplemental transmission. As can there be seen, the drive is taken oif the. supplemental transmission through a gear wheel Il and con: nected to the drive of the rotary cultivator4 means of a claw clutch Il actuated by a lon-g?-vl h il. y l

more u only necessary measurable when uw supplemental tractor transmission is in such a position as to provide a low driving speed, forexmember (Fig. 4) with theishiiting of the drive extension Il of the the axial direction "e ma el connecathrouzh a-pm u, movable in in the extension 4I ofthe housing member thehub Portion 4l of the hand crank i2. `e crank is moved forwardly in the direction of-the'vehicle as seen in Fig. 2, through the hun II and theg'pin! it will turn the mit 4| and with it the control member 4l in the clookdirection as seen -from the free end of the shaft Il, which, in turn. will move the shaft l1 in wardLv and thus couple it with the drive of the rotary cultivator through the -claw clutch 3l.

direction will` correspondingly move the control member 44 in suclil a direction as to release the shaft I'I and the claw clutch. Through the 1 o accesos pedby massed o. 'rnemnqck between me control for the supplemental transmission and the drive of the rotarycultivator on the one ample, l kilometeran hour, means may be pro- 'vided for interlcklns the chum 0i' the cOllPllnX.

hand, and the apparatus for raising and lowering the cultivator' on the other hand, is provided by a pair of lever arms 4l and 48 co-axia1ly pivoted at one end and there releasably interconnected with one anotherthrough a spring-pressed ball coupling", ll, as more clearly illustrated in Fig. 9. The outer ends-oi these arms are forked, the

fork at the end of the lever 41 cooperating with a pin Il onthe control rod Il of the raising and lowering apparatus, the fork on the end oi the lever 4I cooperating with an extended pivot 'il between the lever arm l, controlling the supplemental tron and the link Il leading to -the control of the cultivator drive;

'Ihe remainder of the apparatus is identical withthat illustrated in Fig. 5, except that the hand crank i2 is not necessary in the modined form, and is replaced by an interconnecting lever arm I2'. A

" comparison of the interlock illustrated in Fig. 8.

c Movement of the l'and-crank i2 in the opposite link I3. the hand crank I2 is coupled lwith the supplemental transmission lever t in such a man-y ner that when the crank i2 ismoved in a direction to couple the Fshaft I1 with the drive of the rotary cultivaior, the supplemental transmission by movement of the coupling member 2l will provide the drive at lowest possible speed, which is the speed necessary when the rotary eultivator is running. However, vupon movement oi' the hand crank `i2 to ngage the shaft 3l and the claw clutch It, the-lever l will move in a direction so that the coupling member 2l will provide the higher drive for the tractor. By means of this arrangement. there is'no danger of driving the trac tor when the rotaryv cultivator is in operation at too'high a speed, provided. of course, that the main on I is lresdy in a suitable position.

On the other bandi when the rotary cultivator is not being used, there is no reason for the extremely slow driveof the tractor and the transmission is accordingly automatically changed to the higher ratio. "In order to insure a positive positioning of the-hand crank I2 in either of its two end positionspthe hub 45 thereof is preferably formed with a` spring pressed ball 4t, which will nt into-appropriate recesses-in the extension 43 of the housing 44.

As is illustrated in Fig.' 2, the rotary cultivator is pivoted about the axis A, and can .be raised and lowered for engagement and disengagement with the soil through a'suitable apparatus which may consist of a hand lwheel 9 having a threaded shaft Il. cooperating with a rod il connected to the oultivator structure. Rotation oi the hand wheel I will accordingly raise or lower the cultivator 1 in a manner which will be at once apparent to those skilled in this art. It is obvious.

furthermore, that there is no purpose in driving I 3l may be correlated with the control for raising and lowering the cultivator, in the manner prowith the control system for the supplemental transmission and cultivator drive as explained in connection with Figs. 4, 5 and 6. will show that when the rod Il is moved to the lett as seen in Fig. 8 to raise the cultivator, the crank l will be moved to such a'position as to. in turn, move the coupling member 2l, to provide the higher speed of the supplemental transmission, while a't the same time the control' lever l2' will be xn'ovedin a direction as to disengage the claw clutch 3B. However, when the rcontrol rod il is moved to the right to lower the cultivator, the control lever t will move the supplemental transe mission to give the lower speed thereof, while simultaneously the control lever i2' will move the drive shaft lIl inwardly and the claw clutch 36 will become engaged'to positively drive the rotary cultivator blade. The form of coupling illustrated in Fig.l 9 between the two arms 41- and 48 vtaires care of the 'fact that the arm 41 will travel over a much wider arc than the arm 48, due to the greater movement involved in raising and lowering the cultivator ,1. Assuming, for example, thatit is desired to lower the cultivator from its totally raised position, at the beginning of the lowering operation the levers 41 and 48 are positively engaged through the spring and ball couplings 49, 50 vand thearm 48 will accordingly actuate the supplemental transmission and cultivator drive until the arm 48 reaches the end of its necessary movement. At this point.' however, the cultivator is still probably not in contact with the soil but requires further lowering. Sincethearm 48' cannot move, while the arm 41 will, the connection between these two is then broken by the ball 50 moving out of its notch and riding on a smooth cylindrical surface. Reversely, when the cultivator is being raised. the arm 41 will not he positively coupled to the arm 48 until the cultivator has been raised to such a point that the ball at the pivoted'end of the v:irn 41 will again engage the notch in the arm 48, whereupon in raising the cultivator further, the arm 48 will be moved to disengage the cultivator' drive and move the supplemental transmission to the higher speed.

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and means for moving said .coupling member into engagement with the coupling-receiving openings of said smaller gear or oi said second gear wheel.

i6. In a tractor oi lthis class wherein power is vtransmitted from the variable speed transmission tion gearing accessible by the removing oi.' a cover from the transmission housing, the combination o! an additional multi-stage speed-change transl'mission adapted tobe inserted between said variable speed vtransmission andsaid axle drive in place oi said supplemental reduction gear, said -additional speed-change transmission having an mclosing cover adapted to tit onto said transmission housing in place oi' its original cover, a rotar! cultivator, means including a clutch for to the'axle drive through a supplemental reducdriving said cultivator from said additionaly .M change means lor vary-ing itrhe combination according to claim i6, in

ering said cultivator about said axis from and into a ground-engaging position, and means interconnecting said raising 'and lowering means with said interlocking means in such a manner that lowering of said cultivator initiates its drive through the additional speed-change transmission at the predetermined speed ratio, while raisin! of said cultivator disengages the drive oi said cultivator and brings about' a diiierent speedratio oi said additional speed-change transmission.

19. The combination according to claim 16. in

combination with means for pivotaliy connecting said cultivator to said tractor about a substantially horizontal axis, means for raising and lowering said cultivator about said axis from and into a ground-engaging position. and meansinterconnecting said raising and lowering means with said interlocking means in such a manner that lowering o! said cultivator initiates its drive through the additional speed-change trans-'- mission at the predetermined speed ratio, while raising oi said cultivator disengages the drive oi vsaid cultivator and brings about a diiierent into a ground-engaging position, a pair of arms co-axially pivoted at one end and at their other ends respectively connected to said raising and lowering means and said interlocking means, and

a releasable coupling interconnecting said arms in such a manner-that upon lowering oi said cultivator the drive thereof through said additional speed-change transmission at the predetermmed speed-ratio is initiated through said arms and said interlocking means, while upon raising of said cultivator the drive thereof is not disengaged untilthe end oi theraisingoperation.

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